The civil rights movement in India has emerged as an autonomous voice in defense of civil liberties and democratic rights of our people. The Peoples Union for Democratic Rights, Delhi, is one such organisation. It came into existence in 1977 as the Delhi unit of a larger national forum, PUCLDR, and became PUDR on 1 February, 1981.
“Close to the one-year anniversary of violence in Nuh district, Haryana, PUDR released its report on ongoing state repression in the aftermath of July 31, 2023. Justice Madan Lokur (retd., Supreme Court) and Professor Manoranjan Mohanty (retd., Delhi University) launched “In the wake of Nuh: A report on state repression” on July 29, 2024 at Press Club of India.
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Close Encounter: a report on police shoot-outs in Delhi
In most of shoot outs carried by Delhi Police there are certain features that remain common. The most common is lack of any eye witness. Whenever an unnatural death takes place the police are supposed to file a case and investigate the incident because it is a...
चमड़ा वस्त्र और कारीगरों की ज़िन्दगी: दिल्ली की कहानी
भारत में चमड़ा क्षेत्र 4 बिलियन अमेरिकी डॉलर के वार्षिक उत्पादन मूल्य और 2 बिलियन अमेरिकी डॉलर के वार्षिक निर्यात मूल्य के साथ देश के शीर्ष आठ निर्यात अर्जक क्षेत्रों में से एक है। काउंसिल फॉर लेदर एक्सपोर्ट्स, जो भारतीय चमड़ा निर्यातकों और अंतरराष्ट्रीय खरीदारों के...
India Shining: A Report on the demolition and resettlement of the Yamuna Pushta Bastis
Lakhs of people living in the Bastis of Yamuna Pushta were forcibly evacuated from the area and their homes demolished early in 2004. PUDR conducted a detailed investigation into the demolition, and the government claims of resettlement. To download the report click...
Another ‘Suicide’: A Death in custody of Subzi Mandi Police Station
On 5th July 2004 as per the Delhi police, a homeless migrant Pramod allegedly hung himself to death in a lock-up at Sabzi Mandi PS. PUDR conducted a fact-finding into the incident. To download the report click below Another-suicide-cd_sabji mandi.pdf
Why Must Dhananjay Chatterjee Die?
At 4.30 am on 14th August, Dhananjay Chatterjee will be hanged till he dies. Dhananjay has been living in the shadow of death for the last 13 years. Is it fair to hang a man who has already lived in prison for 13 years for a crime committed 14 years ago? To download...
Latest Press Statements
हरियाणा में यूनियन बनाने की सज़ा मुकदमा और जेल!
पीयूडीआर आइसीन ऑटोमोटिव हरियाणा प्राइवेट लिमिटेड कंपनी के संघर्षरत मज़दूरों के खिलाफ दर्ज मुक़दमे एवं गिरफ्तारी की निंदा करता है| पिछले कुछ महीनों से मजदूर अपनी यूनियन पंजीकृत करवाने के लिए और मैनेजमेंट से अपने काम की परिस्थितियों से सम्बंधित मांगों को लेकर संघर्षरत हैं...
CDRO Statement: ‘Rude acts of mere instinct’
Civil liberties and Democratic Rights organizations have for long argued that using Indian Army to prosecute war against our own people is to fight an ignoble war, because such wars are Dirty Wars under the very definition of Counter Insurgency warfare where our own...
PUDR Condemns Award to Major Gogoi!
PUDR strongly condemns the commendation conferred on Major Leetul Gogoi by none less than the Army Chief for taking Farooq Dar hostage, tying Dar to the front of his jeep allegedly to ward off attacking stone-pelters, and then driving around for several hours to warn...
Deterrence is Through Prosecution, Not Through Death Sentence
On 5th May, 2017 the Supreme Court upheld the High Court judgement giving death penalty to the four accused in the ‘Nirbhaya’ case ie the brutal gang rape and murder of Jyoti Singh on December 16, 2012. The trial and conviction of the guilty in a time bound manner...
CDRO Statement on midnight raids and fabricated surrenders of Niyamgiri Suraksha Samiti activists in Raygada district, Odisha
CDRO expresses deep concern about the intensifying repression on the Dongria Kondhos of Niyamgiri mountains whose sustained resistance against bauxite mining is a fight for their survival and livelihood. CDRO condemns the midnight raid of the CRPF on the night of May...